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  • Alien: The Cold Forge

  • The Alien Series
  • By: Alex White
  • Narrated by: Michael Braun
  • Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (4,297 ratings)

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Alien: The Cold Forge

By: Alex White
Narrated by: Michael Braun
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Publisher's summary

A dramatic new Alien novel, as Weyland-Yutani seeks to recover from the failure of Hadley's Hope and successfully weaponize the Xenomorphs

With the failure of Hadley's Hope, Weyland-Yutani has suffered a devastating setback - the loss of the Aliens they aggressively sought to exploit. Yet there's a reason the Company has risen to the top of the food chain. True to form, they have a redundancy already in place...the facility known as "The Cold Forge".

Remote station RB-232 has become their greatest asset in weaponizing the Xenomorphs. However, when Dorian Sudler is sent to RB-232 to assess their progress, he discovers that there's a spy aboard - someone who doesn't necessarily act in the company's best interests. For Dorian, this is the most unforgivable of sins. When found, the perpetrator will be eliminated with extreme prejudice. If unmasked, though, this person may be forced to destroy the entire station...and everyone on board. That is, if the Xenomorphs don't do the job first.

©2018 Alex White (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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another great book

I love this series everything related to aliens it's another story definitely would listen to this and everything else in the series

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Movie Worthy

What can I say, great story, great narration. Visceral action and suspense combined with smooth storytelling. This book put me into the universe and didn't let go. This is what Alien Resurrection should have been instead of casting a weak story about a Ripley clone. Alex White hit a home run!

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Good attempt but missed the mark

Author tried something different but I couldn't enjoy the story. Couldn't connect with the characters.

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excellent book

this book was suspenseful riveting and just all-around a excellent audio book highly recommended can't love it enough

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could not get enough. period.

Stunning performance. Hand me biting nails and rooting for Blue and the xenomorphs till the end. And it has probably one of the best (worst) antagonist I've ever encountered. Loved every second.

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Flawless entry

This is a wondeful indepth sci-fi, with deep characters and masterfully written. A fitting entry in the Aliens universe. Pitch perfect. Hope theres more to come.

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I was very pleased

I have been itching for more"Alien" lately and this book kept me satisfied for the past few days. it had a few moments where I wish it had been written slightly different but that's probably just me being picky about my "Alien" and it was easy to look past those small details.

ultimately it left me wanting me wanting more, in a very good way though! I hope to see more from Alex in this universe.

Michael was a delight to listen to and played each character perfectly and evoked all the right emotions throughout the book, in my opinion.

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Good story, but a bit drawn out.

As a lifelong fan of the Alien franchise, I was excited to listen to this one, but I was also a bit cautious because some of the more recent Alien novels mucked about with canon and really screwed up their depiction of Ripley. "The Cold Forge," however, is an original story about a researcher studying the aliens and a sadistic company bean counter determined to ruin her life and work.

The story's great, but the book is definitely padded with a lot of filler. If the publisher had trimmed some of the fat, I would have easily given this one five stars.

Don't let that discourage you, though, because it's a great story. Just be prepared for the story to slog in a few places.

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Really?!

I have never had an experience where I hated every single character in a story. I’m not sure if it was the narration or the writing. For as much as loved the book I really wanted it to end differently

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Dark angry characters

Good narration poor story. Character actions inconsistent. Obvious bloopers and errors if you’re paying attention. I didn’t like any of the characters in the story.

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